#002 - Alternative proteins with Jeffray Behr

Jeffray Behr

Jeffray is a Food Process engineer at New School Foods and a passionate advocate for the alternative protein industry

In this episode we discuss

• Jeffray's journey into alternative proteins

• The impact of his undergraduate final year research project on securing a job

• Advice for university students to set themselves up for success in the industry

• Engineering opportunities within the alternative protein industry

• An overview of New School Foods' product and Jeffray's work

• How mid-career engineers can make a difference in the industry

Top resources

• Jeffray’s top 3 resources for early career engineers interested in getting into the alternate protein space

• The Good Food Institute

  1. The Alt Protein Project | GFI student movement

  2. Talist

  3. Career Guide for Ending Factory Farming

• New School Foods — open roles

• Rebellyous Foods

Jeffray Behr

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffray-behr

• Email: jeffraybehr [at] gmail.com

• Cultivating Careers in Alternative Proteins Podcast (Instagram page)

• Career Guide for Ending Factory Farming

Timestamps

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:33 Jeffray Behr
00:02:27 Jeffray’s journey
00:11:41 Capstone research project
00:20:01 Engineering in alternative protein
00:22:24 Jeffray's Careers Guide
00:31:10 Getting into alternative protein
00:41:51 Jeffray's podcast
00:45:24 New School Foods
01:02:30 Later career engineers in alternative protein
01:07:24 Less obvious ways engineers can contribute
01:16:14 ALLFED
01:21:25 Top 3 resources for early career engineers
01:24:31 What do you wish you had invented?
01:27:50 How to contact Jeffray
01:28:39 Outro

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